Stabilized dry rosin size



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' m an DREROSHN S Arthur C. Dreshiield, Wilm to Hercules lPowder Com, Del a corporation of Delaware Application December 4, 1940, Serial No. 368,449

8 Claims. (Cl. 106-218) and utilized either in dry form or as a liquid or paste in admixture with water. The dryform, however, is in general deemed the most satisfactory because of its ease and economy of shipment, the type of dry rosin size prepared by spray-drying saponified or partially saponified rosin being especially desirable because of its low density and high rate of solution in water.

The dry forms of rosin size, particularly the type formed by spray-drying, however, are disadvantageous in that they have a strong tendency to oxidize and spontaneously decompose in the presende of air. Where, as is not uncommon, some free rosin is contained in the size, there is even a greater tendency to oxidize. Such oxidation,

and consequent heating, is not only highly dele-.

terious to the size itself but presents a consider- ,the compounds of this class, N,N'-diphenyl-pphenylenediamine, N,N'-dipheny1-m+phenylenediamine, and N,N'-di-beta-naphthyl-p-phenylenediamine are particularly adapted for use in preparing stabilized dry size compositions because of their relatively low cost and high antioxidant efliciency.

The proportion of anti-oxidant employed in preparing the stabilized dry size compositions of the invention depends upon a number of factors, among which are the particular anti-oxidant used and the degree of stabilization desired. Usually a. sizeis considered sufliciently stabilized for all ordinary purposes if it resists oxidation for about 48 hours when subjected to an accelerated oxidation treatment known as the "Mackay test. This treatment consists in placing a sample of the stabilized size in a wire basket suspended in a water-jacketed chamber maintained at a temable fire hazard during storage and shipment.

I have now found that dry rosi'n sizes comprising saponified rosin or saponified abietic acid may be eflectively stabilized against oxidation by the addition of a small proportion of certain phenylenediamine derivatives which act as antiomdants. Dry rosin size stabilized in this manner may bestored fOr long periods of time without danger of decomposition by oxidation or spontaneous combustion. I

The phenylenediamlne derivatives which may perature of 100 C. A small volume of air is passed continuously through the chamber for the desired length of time, during which time the temperature of the sample, which is a measure of the oxidation, is accurately determined. Dry rosin size-containing no anti-oxidant will oxidize to a considerable extent, i. e., its temperature will rise considerably above 100 C., and it may even ignite and burn when subjected to this test over a period of about 48 hours, while a size stabilized according to the invention will undergo substan- 5 tially no oxidation.

be employed as anti-oxidants in preparing stabilized' dry rosin size compositions according to the invention have the general formula R-N II-IR wherein R. represents a phenyl, naphthyl, lower alkyl-phenyl, or lower alkoxy-phenyl radical.

The optimum proportion of anti-oxidant also depends upon the composition of the size itself, a somewhat larger proportion being required for sizes containing free alkali or free' rosin. Thus,

for example, a neutral saponified rosin size may be rendered stable to" oxidation as determined by the 48-hour Mackaytest by the addition of about 0.1 per cent by weight of N, N'-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, whereas a size containing 0.5 per -'cent free alkali may require the addition of The terms loweralkyl-phenyl and lower alkoxy-phenyl refer to plenyl radicals bearing one -or more alkyl or alkoxy'substituents containing less than five carbon atoms.- Examples ofsuch compounds are N,N'-diphenyl-p phenylenediamine, N,N-di beta naphthyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N'-diphenyl-m-phenylenediamine, N, N-di-p-methoxy-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine,

N,N'-di-p-tolyl-o-phenylenediamine, N,N'-di-ptertbutyhphenyI-p-phenylenediamine, N,N'-dio-isopropoxyphenyl-cLphenflenediamine, N, N'-

di-alpha-naphthyl-m-phenylenediamine, etc. Of 5 0.3-0.5 per cent or N,N'-diphenyl-pphenylenediamine to secure such a degree of stabilization. Similarly, a' size containing 5.0 per cent of free rosin may require the use of 1.0 percent by weight of the anti-oxidant to secure good stabilization. 'I'he'type of dry size, 1. e., whether it has been prepared from wood rosin, gum rosin, or rosin which has been heat-treated to effect par tial decarboxylation, is also of influence on the proportion of anti-oxidant to be'u'sed. Thus,

- sizes comprising saponified gum rosin usually require a somewhat larger proportion of the antioxidant than do the other types., In general, however, it will be found that from about 0.1 to

about 1.5 per cent of the anti-oxidant based on the weight of resin used in preparing the size, will be sufiicient to render any dry size substantially resistant to oxidation.

The anti-oxidant may be incorporated with the size at any convenient time during the process for the production of the size, by treatment of the size after it is produced or by treatment of the rosin prior to its saponiiication, Ordinarily, however, the anti-oxidant will desirably and most efiectively be added to the size during its preparation by the saponificationof rosin. A particularly convenient mode of eflecting such addition consists in dissolving the anti-oxidant in a suitable solvent and adding the resultant solution to the mixture of water, alkali, and rosin in the reaction vessel in which the saponiflcation reaction is carried out. Thus, for example,

about 0.2 per cent of N,N'-dipheny1-p-phenylenediamine, based on the weight of the rosin employed, may be dissolved in alcohol and added to a mixture of rosin, water, and sodium hydroxide so proportioned as to produce a size containing about 5.0 per cent free rosin, either before or during the saponification reaction. Upon completion of the reaction, the mixture may be desiccated by spray or drum drying to produce a dry size having the anti-oxidant uniformly distributed therethrough.

The following table presents comparative data illustrative of the degree of stabilization secured by the use of a number of anti-oxidants of the present class. In each experiment, approximately 40 partsof gum rosin was saponified with 5 parts of sodium hydroxide in the form of a 39 per cent aqueous solution. When the saponifl-' cation reaction was about one-half completed,v

the anti-oxidant, in the proportion given in the table and dissolved in paraflin oil, was added to the reaction mixture. Upon completion of the reaction, the mixture was spray-dried to form a dry powder having the anti-oxidant uniformly distributed throughout. A sample of the com-.- position so prepared was then tested for ease of oxidation by the 48-hour Mackay .test as well as by a standard oxygen demand test in an oxygen absorption train. The oxygen demand is expressed as the per cent by weight oxygen absorbed over a four-hour period.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of those explained, change being madeas regards the materials employed, provided the ingredients stated by any of the appended claims or the equivalent of such stated ingredients be employed.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Serial No. 152,194, filed July 6, 1937.

What I claim and desire to Patent; is:

1. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponifled resin and, as an anti-oxidant protect by Letters therefor, a phenylenediamine derivative having the general formula i i R-N N-R wherein R represents an aromatic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, 7

lower alkyl-phenyl, and lower alkoxy-phenyl radicals, said phenylenediamine derivative being present in an amount sufiicient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

2. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponified rosin, ,free rosin, and, as an antioxidant therefor, a phenylenediamine derivative having the general formula lower alkyl-phenyl, and lower alkoxy-phenyl radicals, said phenylenediamine derivative being present in an amount suflicient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

3- A'stabilized dry size composition compris ing saponified rosin and, as an anti-oxidant therefor, N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine in an amount sufilcient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

4. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponified rosin, free rosin, and, as an antioxidant therefor, N,N'- diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine in an amount suificient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

. 5. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponified rosin and, as an anti-oxidant therefor, N,N-diphenyl-m-phenylenediamine in an amount sufllcient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

6. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponifled rosin, free rosin, and, as an anti-oxidant therefor, N,N'-diphenyl-m-phenylenediamine in an amount suflicient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

7. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponifledrosin and, as an anti-oxidant therefor, N,N'-di-beta-naphtliyl e p phenylenediamine in an amount suflicient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

8. A stabilized dry size composition comprising saponifled rosin, free rosin and, as ananti-oxidant therefor, N,N'-di-beta-naphthyl-p-phenylenediamine in an amount suflicient to render the composition substantially resistant to oxidation.

(1;. D/RESHFIELD. 

